“A fucked up nightmare dressed up like a party” – BuzzFeed
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back. A film by Elizabeth Wood.
FilmRise Presents
A Bank Street Films and Supermarché Production
In Association with Killer Films
Written and directed by Elizabeth Wood
Produced by Gabriel Nussbaum
Executive Producers Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Co-Producer Matthew Achterberg
Cinematographer Michael Simmonds
Editor Michael Taylor
World Premiere ~ Sundance Film Festival 2016
“There are so many remarkable things about Saylor’s ferocious lead performance in White Girl that it’s hard to know where to begin … Vulnerable, invincible, empowered, and pathetic all at once, few actresses have better navigated the difference between being naked and being exposed – and it looks like we ain’t seen nothing yet.” ~ Rolling Stone
“The film uses the freedoms of a beautiful, white, blonde girl as a commentary on white privilege; that it never slams that message over the heads of its viewers is a testament to its commitment to show, not tell. This is no after-school special, nor is it a celebration of what it means to be 19 and have the world at your fingertips. Call it a coming-of-age story, but only if “coming of age” means realizing the harsh limits of the power afforded to you by your race, gender, or sexuality.” ~ BuzzFeed